Button-ring.



G. H. PERRINB.

BUTTON RING.

APPLICATION FILED 0021:. 17, 1911.

1,1 20,079. Patented Dec. 3, 1914.

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GEORGE H. PERRINE, OF GREENBURG, NEV] YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL 1VIANU-FACTURING COMPANY, CONNECTICUT.

OF WATERBULRY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF BUTTON-RING.

Application filcd'octobcr 17, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon H. PERIHNE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Greenburg, in the county ofWVestchester and State of N ew York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Button- Rings, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to rings for securing eyed buttons in adetachable manner to garments and other articles, and the object of theinvention is to provide a button ring with which the button eye may bereadily engaged and as readily disengaged, but without liability ofaccidental disconnection.

The invention consists of a button ring preferably composed of two coilsof wire, the end of one coil being bent inwardly toward the center ofthe ring on a curved line, and constituting a leader by which the buttoneye may be engaged very readily and put upon its passage between thecoils to a full engagement with the ring; the leader end extending notonly toward the center of the ring, but also being deflected so that itspoint will be between the planes extending along the sides of the ring,and thus concealed or guarded from injurious contact with the person orwith the garment in use, and also serving to impart readiness ofhandling to the ring.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat ing the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is aperspective view showing the ring in process of application to an eyedbutton. Fig. 2 is a side view, Fig. 3 is an edge view, and Fig. 4 is acrosssection taken on line 4l l of Fig. 2, of the ring alone. Fig. 5 isa side view of the ring applied to an eyed button, showing the buttonhead and ring on opposite sides of the article to which it is applied,as in use.

The ring 1 as shown, is made up of two coils, and this is the preferredconstruction, the terminal 2 of one of the coils lying parallel againstand directly below and in line with the other coil and the terminal 3 ofthe other coil extending beyond the terminal 2 and turned inwardly on acurved line, toward the center of the ring and also deflected laterallyfrom the plane of its coil, as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and4:, so that the point of this leader end or terminal 3 will be housed,shielded, or guarded Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914. Serial No. 655,217.

by the double thickness of the ring itself at this point; this inturnedlaterally deflected leader end lying between the outside planes of theadjacent coils, and thus shielded from contact with the article to whichthe ring and button are applied.

The ring is applied to an eyed button by threading the eye of the buttonon the leader end and then rotating the parts so that the eye willfollow the coil containing the leader end and progress between the coilsuntil it slips past the end 2 when it will be in engagement with bothcoils. Although in use the ring and eye may occupy the relation shown inFig. 5, there is enough resilience in the ring to prevent theaccit'lental detachl'l'lent ot' the ring, and force is required to movethe ring so that its leader end will pass the button eye suflicientlyfar to admit the button eye between the coils.

As already stated, the leader end is not only bent toward the center ofthe approximate circle formed by the coiling of the wire, but it alsohas the side twist or deflection which conceals the point of the leaderend behind the main loop of the ring. This is advantageous not onlybecause it puts the leader end of the wire in a place where it can doless damage to fingers and clothing, but also because it gives more of apinch at the point 5 where the leader end turns in from the circle, thanwould be the case it the wire did not have this bend, or if the wirewere bent outwardly instead of inwardly. Still another advantage due tothe inward extension of the leader end on a curve rather than on astraight line, is that the angle between the leader end and the coilnearest it is more acute, and this makes it easier to slip a button onthe ring than would be possible with an arrangement at an obtuse angle.

What I claim is 1. The herein described improved button ring, formed ofa wire coiled upon itself, the terminal 2 of one of the coils lyingparallel against and directly below and in line with the other coil andthe terminal or leader end 3 of the other coil extending beyond thefirst mentioned terminal and turned in-' g V I 1,120,079

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described buttonring, formed or a wlre coiled upon itself, the terminal 2 of one of thecoils lying parallel against and directly below and in line with theother coil and the terminal 3 of the other coil extending beyond thefirst mentioned terminal and turned inwardly on a curved line toward thecenter of the ring, the space between the terminal 3 and the adjacentcoil of the ring defining an acute angle so as to augment the facilityof engagement of the ring with a button eye, said terminal. 3 deflectedtoward a median plane between the coils and housed, shielded or guardedby said coils and thereby removed from possible contact with the articleupon which it is used.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day ofOctober A. D. 1911.

7M. J. CAMLER.

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